"It's actually really beneficial to us that our travel partner is Stanford because there's a pretty good coach across the bay," said Gottlieb, who sometimes shows her players Stanford video to prepare for opponents. "Tara does a great job of getting Chiney looks, so we'll cut up a game and oftentimes show the way Stanford gets Chiney the ball. It helps us."

It certainly helps Reshanda Gray, who collected 32 points and a career-high 15 rebounds Sunday night to lift Cal to a 69-53 victory over UCLA at Haas Pavilion.

Asked if she tries to emulate Ogwumike, a fellow post player, Gray said, "I try to be myself."

That was plenty Sunday. Gray went 12-for-18 from the floor and 8-for-9 from the line and worked nicely with guard Brittany Boyd, who finished with 18 points and six assists.

Fresh off a 77-70 loss to USC in which the Bears collapsed down the stretch, getting outscored 16-4, they trailed UCLA (10-11, 4-5) a good chunk of the first half. A 12-2 run, capped by Gray's shot at the buzzer, gave Cal a 37-31 lead at halftime.

Unlike in the USC game, Cal didn't let up in the second half. Gottlieb said she reminded her players at the break to get Gray the ball.

On bouncing back from the USC loss, Gray said, "A loss is a loss. Nothing you can do about it. The last game, we broke down the last six minutes, so the goal was to play hard ... the whole game."

The Bears pushed the lead to 20 (69-49) when Gray scored a layup on an assist from Boyd.

"I have so many conversations with Reshanda," Gottlieb said, "whether it's the higher expectations or taking on a bigger burden at shoot-arounds, walkthroughs, her performance on the court, leading other people. ... To see her embrace that is really unbelievable."

Same with Boyd, Gottlieb said.

"The first two years, they made so many contributions," Gottlieb said of the juniors. "They could sort of just come out and play. Now they have to play and think and lead others and respond and handle failure and disappointment. I'm really proud of them."